Saturday, 24 January 2009

17 Jan 2009 - 23 Jan 2009

90% of this weeks top 10 features rare Superfast transitional variations and colours. The only exception is an extremely rare Japanese issue VW 1500 with a mint, unfolded box. All 10 sold for over £100. My theory is people are investing in collectable toys as they are such a solid risk - as long as the value climbs steadily - it beats having money in disintegrating banks and free falling stocks and shares. Here is this weeks top ten. Enjoy.

10
Daimler Bus with rare Barons of Beef label
£100.42

9
Red VW 1600TL with rare red Superfast script on box
£109.74

8
Ford GT with rare red Superfast script on box
£112.30

7
Rare red and aqua Refridgerator Truck
£137.90

6
Rare Iron Fairy Crane with flat yellow/orange crane
£139.37

5

Red Ford Mustang with red interior
£148.15

4

Red Superfast script on box, plus rare yellow Miura
£184.19

3

Rare Japanese issue No30 Volkswagen unfolded box with VW 1500TL
£196.80

2

White Ford Mustang in blister
£201.19

1
Very rare green Ferrari Berlinetta with mint unfolded box
£373.84

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Price Guide w/e January 17 2009

Below is the top 20 highest prices achieved on eBay on the week starting 10th January 2009 for Matchbox Superfast cars. I will be doing this on a weekly basis. I hope it will show the trends of what is selling well and what unique or special models turn up in the market. Obviously there will always be some unusual prices for standard pieces that are the result of an auction battle, hopefully though these will be few and far between and the top 20 is actually a reasonably accurate snapshot of the Matchbox Superfast market.

No20
MB74 Orange Peel
With dark orange tempas and unfolded US issue box and 5 arch front wheels

£55.27


No19
MB13 Wreck Truck
Mint in mint box
£56.00

No18
MB12 Safari Land Rover
Gold with early Superfast script box
£59.15

No17
MB55 Mercury Police Car
Blue dome roof light and Superfast script box
£62.01

No16



MB15 Lady Bug Pre-production
Same seller had other Roman Numeral pre-productions
£67.40

No15
MB1 Revin Rebel
High price for probably the rarest of the later style boxes.
£70.01

No14
MB75 Ferrari Berlinetta
Prices for these are going up and up. First of 3 in the top 20 this week
£71.11

No13
MB62 Mercury Cougar
Nice example in rare box with red Superfast script
£72.46

No12
MB61 Peterbilt Wreck Truck
Blue pre-production
£75.83

No11
MB75 Ferrari Berlinetta
Mint in mint box
£88.85

No10
MB6 Ford Pick-Up
Very high price for this model, with metallic green base, chrome grille and wide wheels.
£94.57

No9
MB15 VW 1500
Early Superfast box in blister that looks in very good shape. Tough to find in this condition.
£95.00

No8
White Lightning
Pre-pro with paper tempa test
£96.00

No7
MB8 Ford Mustang
Mint in mint box with ivory interior
£96.72

No6
MB75 Ferrari Berlinetta
Mint in mint box
£98.00

No5
MB45 BMW 3.0CSL
Mint (but dusty!) black pre-production
£103.09

No4
MB69 Armoured Truck
Flat green pre-production without tempa
£103.53

No3
MB1 Mod Rod/Silver Streak
Stunning price for this Error. Mod Rod body with Silver Streak base
£109.11

No2
MB10 Piston Popper
Another stunning price for this error. With Superfast base, not Rola-matics
£119.64

No1
MB67 VW 1600TL
Red VW in regular wheel box
£119.90

If any of these photos belong to you let me know and I will add any copyrights. Thanks

Sunday, 12 October 2008

Lotus Super Seven


The real thing...

Colour Trial


I very rarely find these even though I spend an unhealthy amount of time looking! This was in a lot with some other interesting pieces I will show later.

Sunday, 5 October 2008

Gruesome Twosome


3 genuinely different Gruesome colours.

Iso Grifo


A real one!

In Case You Never Noticed Part 3


Dark blue Iso Grifo's, light and dark blue interior...